By Amy Tan
Four moms, 4 daughters, 4 households whose histories shift with the 4 winds counting on who's "saying" the tales. In 1949 4 chinese language ladies, contemporary immigrants to San Francisco, commence assembly to consume dim sum, play mahjong, and speak. United in shared unspeakable loss and wish, they name themselves the enjoyment good fortune membership. instead of sink into tragedy, they decide to assemble to elevate their spirits and funds. "To depression was once to need again for anything already misplaced. Or to delay what was once already unbearable." 40 years later the tales and background continue.
With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the occasionally painful, usually delicate, and constantly deep connection among moms and daughters. As every one lady finds her secrets and techniques, attempting to get to the bottom of the reality approximately her existence, the strings develop into extra tangled, extra entwined. moms boast or melancholy over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes while they suppose the inextricable tightening in their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, attractive readers to immerse themselves into those lives of complexity and mystery.
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Big men in their mid-thirties, they both wore dark business suits. Paul was alarmed when he saw the same two men a bit later. Now they were sipping coffee in a booth on the other side of the restaurant. Maybe it’s just my imagination, Paul thought, but these two guys sure seem to be following me. Paul hadn’t forgotten about the attempt on his life back in Ebano. Now he began to wonder if these were hired 51 THE FLOODGATES goons who’d been sent to finish the job. He took his time eating as he figured out how to elude the two strangers.
He yelled at the young Mexican man. After slamming the door, Paul phoned Manuel’s room. “You’ll never believe what just happened,” he said. ” Manuel sat on the edge of the bed, listening in amazement to Paul’s story. By the time Paul finished, Manuel was looking deeply concerned. “You must be very careful, mi amigo,” Manuel said. “Your report could put the materials supplier out of business—maybe even in prison! ” 29 THE FLOODGATES “I’m sure it does,” Paul said, shaking his head. “But there’s not much we can do about it right this moment.
If core samples verified his suspicions, he could complete his report by this evening. Now that he was working alone, the work went a little slower. But by noon Paul had all the evidence he needed. The few samples he’d drilled indicated that the reinforcing rods were indeed only one-half inch. And the concrete used had indeed been an inferior mix with very little crushed stone. It looked as if everything Henry Buckingham had said was true. Paul was gathering his equipment 37 THE FLOODGATES when he heard strange sounds.
